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Christian Elf - Webdeveloper extraordinaire. Personal portfolio.

Welcome to my neck of the woods!

My name is Christian Elf, and besides being the proud owner of the best name in the world, I am also a webdeveloper. My main focus and passion on the web is the development of user interfaces. You could say that I am a webdesigner with a twist and less of the fuzz.

The story begins My story begins in a medium-sized town up north in the medium-sized country of Sweden. Raised among polarbears and arctic winters I honed my skills with the tools of the trade: Html, Javascript and Css.

Aged 22 I set off to university to gain my diploma. After a few wild years, including a tour in the military, a small but fun career as a DJ and assorted tomfoolerys I graduated in the spring of 2009. Now life in the big world could begin.

The saga continues A month after graduation I set off to the biggest town down south: Malmö in the province of Skåne. Here I began, and I'm still, working at a company active in the field of online commerce.

Present day During office hours you'll find me developing the e-commerce- platform for my company, and giving technical support to our customers.

In between this I design and code templates for our customers online stores.

At night when the lights are out you'll find me searching for the lightswitch. In more illuminated situations you'll find me playing the guitar, watching Will Ferrels Old Shool for the fifth time that week or hanging around with my friends.

A portrait of me

Age 28 years young

Current residence Malmö

Moveable? Yes.

Hobbies/interests Hiking, movies, music festivals, travel, music in general, friends, family.

I try to go out on a major hike at least once a year. Preferred travel location for those hikes are the swedish highlands.

Musicwise I'm open for most about everything, but as a general rule most about everything with a good rhythm and a guitarbased sound will rock my boat.

Defining characteristics Eager to learn, easy going, persistent, humoristic.

I strive to always learn something new, and I get a kick out of learning a new trait. I don't quit in the first place. I have no trouble finding my place in a new team, and I tend to lift the spirits in any group.

What drives me? I am passionate about building good usable websites. Aestethics and functionality hand in hand is a thing of beauty.

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www.badshop.se

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JS
  • Concept

www.abcleksaker.se

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JS
  • Concept

www.magdansbutiken.se

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JS
  • Concept

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Employment

  • 2009 - current: Webdeveloper/-designer.
    Current employer is the e-commerce company Starweb in Malmö, Sweden. Assignments includes ongoing development of Starwebs e-commerce-platform, customer support, maintenance and support of surrounding systems and design and implementation of store-templates for customers.
  • 2008 - 2009: In charge of the purchase of a new CMS.
    I was in charge of finding a suitable CMS for the goverment research-company Värmeforsk. In the process I was also responsible for handling the specifications and requirements set up by Värmeforsk.
  • 2007: Nordic Battle Group - Mechanized infantry company.
    SAW-gunner at a mech. inf. platoon.

Education

  • 2004 - 2009: Webdesignprogramme at Mid Sweden University.
  • 2001 - 2002: Conscript, Counter Special Forces-company at air force wing F4.
  • 1998 - 2001: Social Science-programme, Sundsvalls Gymnasium.

Knowledge

  • Languages: I speak swedish and english fluently.
  • Programs: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Flash, Netbeans, Visual Studio, Zend
  • Code: Html, Css, Javascript/Jquery, VB.net, Silverlight, Actionscript, C#, PHP, JSON, XML

Other

  • Worked as a DJ during my student years.
  • Medium level guitar hero - IRL and gamewise.
  • In possession of an actual legal permit to drive a snowmobile.

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Project:www.badhop.se

www.badshop.se
inhouse project at Starweb

Project description

Badshop.se offers a wide range of supplies and hardware for bathroom furnishing. As they upgraded ther online system they wanted a new design. From their specifications I created a draft of the design which was accepted. In their new design they wanted a wide range of custom solutions that really pushed the e-commerce system to its limits.

Visits the shop at www.badshop.se.
Project:www.badhop.se

www.abcleksaker.se
inhouse project at Starweb

Project description

Abcleksaker.se is an online store that sells toys for toddlers and small children. In conjunction with their system upgrade they wanted a new design for their store. They wanted to have a naive yet professional design that was easy to navigate.

Visits the shop at www.abcleksaker.se.
Project:www.badhop.se

www.magdansbutiken.se
inhouse project at Starweb

Project description

Magddansbutiken.se sells interior decoration items with an oriental flavour and belly dancing clothes. They wanted an modern yet oriental design. The template is managed by the customer as it is packed with custom solutions in order to meet the customers specifications. Therefore the theme may differ from the original template.

Visits the shop at www.magdansbutiken.se.